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This month we have Erin Quick- CEO & Co-Founder of PairTree. She is the face of the adoption industry with her mission to disrupt the adoption system. *I would love for you to go way back and tell us, what was your big dream when you were growing up? What did you think you were going to be? * “I was convinced I was going to be an interior designer”, Erin replies. Erin says that she has always been left and right-brained. She loves the patterns, colors, and space, putting all of those elements together, and getting creative. She says when she got to college she learned that there were so many options that she didn't even know existed. Tell us about your career trajectory and how you ended up founding a company that's main focus is adoption. Erin says she went to college and ended up dropping out her sophomore year and starting work in Seattle. She says, by luck, she ended up working in a marketing department and filling in for a co-worker while she was on maternity leave and ended up falling in love with marketing. With intentions of going back to school, she got recruited into an ad agency and then got advice that she needed to go into brand strategy. She then got a job in brand strategy in San Francisco and later on moved to New York. She was there for about seven to eight years and then decided to move back to Seattle. There, no one was doing brand strategy the way she had been taught. She then found a guy who knew everything about brand strategy and they founded a brand strategy firm in Seattle together and ran it all the way through 2019 when she then sold it to focus on PairTree. What is the whole concept of PairTree? What is it and how did you get into it? “The reason I got into it was because I went through it twice”, Erin says. She says one out of eight adults today are diagnosed with infertility and she tried everything to get pregnant. After spending three years trying and spending a fortune trying, and after her third miscarriage she and her husband decided to try the adoption route. They thought that this route was going to be easier but then they realized it was three times as expensive, and took two years. They were in a lucky position and heard that you don't have to use the conventional method to adopt and you can do it on your own. Expenses went down and so did the timeline. They took full control and hired a social worker, a lawyer, and started to look for an expecting mom. Within weeks they met with a woman from Michigan and sooner or later her son was born and they flew back and picked him up. Three years later they did it again. After going through it twice and having such great experiences, people started reaching out to them. They started helping other families in their spare time to teach them how to do what they did. She started looking into the industry and the market. With her brand background, she knew there was an opportunity for technology to make this industry more efficient and enjoyable. That was the seed for PairTree and the launching the first platform that has all the services a family would need for domestic private adoption. What are the milestones in the adoption process and the services that PairTree offers? Connecting people to a licensed social worker Matching- like online dating with the main focus on personality matching Legal- PairTree has curated a network with the best adoption attorneys in the U.S. Support- most adoptive families concentrate on going through milestone three but, really after that is when it gets really hard. These families need a ton of support afterward so PairTree is launching this fourth milestone to help these families after the adoption process. What is happening in the world right now such as Rode v.s. Wade, going to change the adoption industry? Erin says, “It will for sure change the adoption industry”. She says if women now have three choices and it gets narrowed down to just two then the adoption industry is going to expect a big change. She says they are doing everything they can to make sure that the adoption process is easy for those women who are going to have limited choices now. In your ideal world, what would this whole adoption process be like and some of the key aspects would you change? Erin says, “well we are changing them!”. She also says mainly access, because the cost is so high not everyone has the option to adopt, some families go into debt trying to afford adoption. Also, the adoption system is primarily faith-based, so families can pick and choose who they want, and sadly a lot of LGBTQ+ families, single-parent families, and older families, arent allowed to participate in the process. Erin and PairTree and trying to overcome these challenges.

May is here and we have another very special guest, who is actually a dear friend of Melinda's, Jan Goss Jan is the founder of Civility Consulting, which is a consulting agency that focuses on corporate soul development and serves leaders through speaking, training and executive coaching to help create a profitable company culture. She is also the author of “Sex and Money!”, which is about speaking to your partner the way you would speak to your most important client. Melinda starts off by asking Jan, “What was your big dream growing up, what did you think you would be when you were a little girl?” Jan responds that there were two things that she was torn between, one being a rockstar and the other being a nun. People are always asking themselves if they are on the right path and thinking about what their life is going to be like, so Melinda really wanted to talk about Jan's winding paths because she has done so much in her career. Jan says that she was a “late bloomer”, she has created four successful companies after the age of forty, and she is still blooming as she goes along. Jan says she was always fascinated with business, she has loved making money ever since she was a little girl, from sweeping sidewalks to doing any little work. Then, she would go to church and donate everything she had made. Having gone to college when she was young, and then going back later on in life, Jan studied International Business and then went to The Protocol School of Washington D.C. and graduated from there. Jan came back to Austin and had the vision to speak into the lives of professionals and teach them some best business practices. So, she started the Austin School of Protocol which then turned into Civility Consulting in 2012. So, what draws Jan to work with women? She believes that all success comes from connecting. Whether that be connecting with yourself or a higher power or connecting with others but, she says, all success in life comes from some sort of connection and every connection begins with a first impression. She says the premise of Civility Consulting is that if we can focus on the first five seconds of that introduction then, you will make a really great impression and make a mark. She says “if we can, especially as women, pay attention to how we show up…and show up as who we really are, that's the key.” Melinda asks if Jan could give three quick tips, what would they be? Jan says one of the skills she learned at The Protocol School of Washington that changed her life was, “act as if you belong.” She says the worst feeling is feeling like you don't belong and the premise of this protocol is that when you go somewhere in life it is because on some level you were invited so, you can show up as if you belong. Jan says, “It's an attitude, a thought process, a way we can prepare in advance to walk in and be like, you know what, I belong here”. Jan has gone through some hardships and traumatic experiences in her personal life, so Melinda asks Jan how she dealt with those experiences and pushed through? Jan says one of the things she will forever be grateful for is the tools she has in her emotional and spiritual toolbox. Since she's been teaching people how to show up for themselves for years, it has now become a part of her. This is when she realized that all these tools and what she has been teaching, actually work. Jan says whether you are going through a divorce, mourning a death, or having financial problems, these tools work and that is what Civility Consulting teaches people. It is not just for professional reasons but also, can help you in your personal life. Jan's book, “Sex and Money!” which is about bedroom etiquette, was inspired by her career and how she would often be exposed to these women who would build multimillion-dollar businesses, but then their home life was falling apart. That is when Jan had the idea for her book. She says, “what if you spoke to your significant other the same way you would talk to your most important client?” She then began experimenting with her husband and bringing best practices into her marriage and “beautiful things happened.” That is when she put it into a book. Now moving on to the money part, Jan says that there is so much fear of money, most of her life was spent in financial pain. She says it wasn't until her fifties, when she was in the middle of a divorce and in desperate need of money, that she had that light bulb moment. Jan went to see an expert for money advice and the woman made Jan write a letter to money. Now Jan uses this in her practices and it “healed her relationship with money.” To get in touch with Jan, you can go to https://civilityconsulting.com. They have so many exciting events coming up and love to hear everyone's stories.

For this month's episode, Melinda is bringing another incredible role model to the stage, Janet Phan. Janet is a TED speaker, author, and most importantly the founder of Thriving Elements- a non-profit for underserved girls in STEM. Growing up, Janet's mother worked as a cashier in dollar stores and goodwills and she remembers dreaming of being a cashier just like her mom. As she grew up, she realized there were other options for her. Janet's parents were refugees from Vietnam so it was very difficult for them to navigate Janet through the American education system. This affected how Janet viewed the world, including who she could trust, who she would allow in her network, and who she saw as her role models. Janet says through her parents she learned to, "do good work and the people around you will see you and want to help you". She did so by going above and beyond, helping her school and her community. She says, "That has been a key part in how I've been successful, doing more than asked." Meldina asks, "What was your breakout moment?", the time that Janet saw a whole other path and wanted to take charge. Janet says she remembers the moment very vividly. Leaving her family's house her senior year of high school due to conflict, she started working at KFC and Hollywood Video, trying to get in as many hours as possible. She said one night after work she went to go get gas and didn't have the money to pay for it. She says this was the turning point in her life. She realized then that she did not want to live paycheck to paycheck and this kicked her motivation into high gear. Janet then wrote a book about this experience called, "Boldly You". After holding her story in for so long she realized she needed to share and inspire others. So what inspired Janet to start Thriving Elements and help underserved girls in STEM? Janet says it came from when she started traveling globally for a previous technology company she used to work for. She says through them she had the opportunity to enroll in business classes, something she was very grateful for. She says she wouldn't have gotten to where she is now if it wasn't for the mentors in her life that put time into her and took those risks for her. She says Thriving Elements started because when she was working and doing technology consulting around the globe she realized that she was often the only woman at the table and the only woman of color. This is why she wanted to help those girls that come from underserved backgrounds and put them on the playing field, like some of her mentors did for her, by providing opportunities and mentoring them. But how does Thriving Elements overcome the hurdles and challenges of mentorship and how do they build long-lasting relationships with their clients? Janet says the problem with formal mentoring today is that it lacks that one on one connection so, they are not as impactful as they would like to be. The mentoring model Thriving Elements uses is built off the mentoring model that Janet built for herself. The way Thriving Elements works is as a mentee, you get matched with your mentor in High School, and the mentors stay with their mentee throughout college. In the early parts of your career, your mentor makes sure you get into the field you have been striving for. Janet says, there are three concepts to mentoring with Thriving Elements and the key concept is, "always follow up with your mentor". Sharing and following up with your mentor is important because they invest a lot of their time in you, so it is rewarding for them to hear all that you have accomplished with their help and guidance. Thriving Elements started in 2016, and her roadmap has always been to expand globally. With people from all over the world asking Janet to bring Thriving Elements into their communities, she had built a network. Getting meets set up with people from all over the world was difficult due to a bad internet connection, and this was frustrating for Janet. This created a digital divide. She has been wanting to work with an organization to bridge the digital divide. As of today, Janet is starting her career at Amazon's Project Kuiper, where they will be launching satellites to get reliable broadband to underserved communities. This is helping to bridge together Janet's knowledge in technology and her passion to help these underserved communities together. Thriving Elements is always looking for more STEM mentors, if you want to be a part of this organization you can go to www.thrivingelements.org. You can also pre-order Janet's book, Boldly You at boldly-you.com. You can also find Janet on Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Happy International Women's Month! For this special episode, we chatted with Carolyn Childers, who is all about championing women. Carolyn is the founder and CEO of Chief, whose mission is to build a strong community of connection and support for executive women. Carolyn didn't always know that her passion was to help women in the workforce, she says that she was on a completely different path at the beginning of her career. Her family owned a business and growing up, she had a front-row seat to the challenges that come with owning your own business. She said it felt way too hard for her and decided to go the corporate route. She found herself in a corporate job, and soon left and got into the startup world in New York City, she knew instantly she would never go back to traditional corporate. She loved the pace, energy, and ability to truly make a difference in the startup culture. The more she spent time in that space the more she realized that she could do it herself. She wanted to be an entrepreneur and not just the Senior Executive at other people's companies. She says, "I saw it, and I can be it."That is what ultimately led her on this journey to be the entrepreneur she is today. As for how her career put her on the path to specifically empower women in the workplace, Carolyn says that she was working in finance and banking, both very male-dominated industries. During this time, she was only at a junior level and it was very telling for her to see just a few women executives in her company. As she became more senior and was included in the rooms where decisions were made, she saw how men were getting more opportunities than women. That is what fueled her to start her mission. We all know that women are still overcoming challenges in the workplace and still trying to change the mindset of holding your cards tight because you might only have one shot to truly be heard before you get written off. However, Carolyn has an optimistic mindset about this. She says that in her experience, women have moved past this and are now in a mindset of abundance. Over the last ten years, there has been a shift in that mindset and that is partly why Chef is so successful. Chief is all about the collective, women coming together and supporting each other at a personal level with individual challenges but also as a whole to drive change. Carolyn's inspiration for the mission of Chief came from a very personal place when she was trying to reach the Senior level in her career. She was tackling challenges, and was expected to know all the answers. She said the ugly truth in leadership is that sometimes, you don't know all the answers. She asked herself, how do I continue to invest in myself as a leader and find the resources in her community to overcome these challenges.? That is when she had the idea for Chief. Chief is a professional network focused on senior executive women, VP level and above. She says the number one thing that Chief provides is, the core groups. These are groups of ten women that come together monthly with an executive coach in the room. She says it has been phenomenal to see the impact that it has had on so many of their members. Chief started in New York and as of January 2022, they are officially international. With ten thousand members across the US and a waiting list of close to fifty thousand to join the community, they are constantly growing. This time has been the most challenging for women so seeing the community coming together is remarkable and rewarding. Melinda asks Carolyn, how do people work their way up in a company without those connections? She says that one of the things that is important in the way that she created Chief was that it is truly meant to be a confidential place where women can come and open up about their challenges. She says even if you are building a community within your organization, you are still talking to coworkers. It is difficult to get that same authenticity and confidentiality with a co-worker rather than people outside your work. This helps her members drive advancement and to become invested in themselves as leaders. Carolyn adds that in this new hybrid world of remote working, the biggest challenge is loneliness. She says working from home is efficient, but you are still missing the social aspect. You miss out on building relationships and connections. Chief helps in this way because it not only opens up doors, but it allows women to fill that very human void of loneliness that occurred during the pandemic, and continues to occur today with everyone now working from home. So, where is Chief going to be in 5-10 years? Carolyn says, with being only three years old she is just so proud of where they are now. They have some of the most powerful women in the country as a part of this network. She is just always focusing on building the best experience possible for their members. If you want to learn more about Chief's memberships, or even apply for membership check out their website at https://chief.com. Listen to Chief's new podcast here! (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-new-rules-of-business/id1591963543)

This month, our See It To Be It podcast guest is another inspiring female leader, Tonita Webb, who is the CEO of Verity Credit Union. She tells us about her journey to becoming CEO in a male-dominated industry and the struggles she faced along the way being a BIPOC woman. But how did she get to be CEO of a credit union? Well, Tonita grew up in a single-parent household and her mom was sick with Lupus, so her responsibilities were to take care of her mom and her siblings at the same time. She has always dreamt of living in a different place while she was growing up, due to the trauma she experienced in her hometown along with the limited opportunities. She didn't know where that place was but she knew it was not in her hometown. She always kept that possibility in front of her and when she got older and started school she found a liking for science and math. She said in her high school there was a big push for African Americans to become engineers. She joined an engineering group in Highschool and then it led to her going to college to study engineering. Looking back though, she does not think she was built to be an engineer. She says she is a people person and LOVES to help people achieve their goals and that is how she got into management, although being able to think like an engineer did help her to get into the business world. When she got into college she did not want to be in a lot of debt, and the thought of debt just stressed her out. She asked herself, how could you finish school and not be in a ton of debt? The Air Force answered her question. She had the opportunity to go into the Air Force and come right back to Hampton University in Virginia to finish school, which she had every intention of doing. She said four months later she was stationed in Berlin, Germany, and was a police officer, laughingly she said, “and that was not in the plan”. She did that the whole time she was in the military. She ended up finishing school but not in the way she thought. Fast forward four years, Tonita got married and had children. When she was in the Air Force, her heart would ache from missing her children, so she decided to get out of the military and got a night shift job at a bank. She then became interested in the training which is what introduced her to Human Resources. She loves working with people and that is what started her HR career. She then went to Florida and started working for the Department of Health with their HR department. Tonita says, “this is what helped me awaken a desire to help people''. Fast forward another year or two, she had another kid and her husband then decided to resign from the military after ten years. They went back to Seattle and had two more kids. With four kids now, she wanted to go back to work. She had three options of work: a bakery, credit union, and Seattle's supersonics. She said the credit union job just spoke to her because she could have a better opportunity to help people. Tonita says that one of the things that drive her as a BIPOC woman is that she gets to change the system and be part of making that system more inclusive. She says the one thing she wants people to know, especially people in the BIPOC community, is that people make mistakes. No one is perfect, and you do not need to be. She says, “I learned what I know today by trial and error.” Tonita didn't have great examples of how to plot a great financial future and she has made a lot of mistakes along the way, but she wants to be that example for the future generation. She saw firsthand her mom struggle with debt because of her illness, it was hard for her to work. She just knew that that was not the life she wanted for herself. She says that her mistakes are her greatest education because you just learn as you go. You can take ten steps forwards and five steps backward but all that matters is that you are moving forward. Melinda then talks about how Tonita is a black woman in a male-dominated industry and asks her what struggles or challenges she had on the way coming up in this world. She said it wasn't easy and the world of management, leadership, and business was designed by white males. Because of this, she did not feel comfortable in her own skin because she did not grow up with a white male figure in her life, and cannot relate to them easily. She said what she learned was that she had to discover herself first before she could navigate her career journey. She would talk to a therapist as a BIPOC woman about the hardships she had to face with navigating her career in this industry. Once she discovered herself in this way, it allowed her to help more people. Melinda asks Tonita what is her favorite piece of advice. Tonita says that she has learned that women have to balance and accept their humanity, take space for themselves and step aside from the expectations that society has on women. We have to stop labeling and putting expectations on women. Women have to balance workspace issues along with balancing relationships and motherhood. You need to allow yourself to have space.

Eleanor Beaton, an incredible role model from Canada that is on a mission to empower female entrepreneurs. When Eleanor was a little girl, she had big dreams to become either a supermodel or an investment banker. This is because she grew up in the age of the biggest supermodels and always looked up to these glamorous, empowered, feminine women such as Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford. As for why she wanted to be an investment banker, she had an Aunt who was a really successful investment banker in London that was such an inspiration to her. These were her role models growing up and looking up to these women has paved the way to where she is now. After eventually eliminating the supermodel and investment banker career, she went into journalism and then translated that into a communications consulting business. In 2015, she created a new business that focuses on women leadership development. Eleanor says she remembers when a news report came out one day that said, Naomi Campbell, a role model of Elenor since she was a young girl, wouldn't get out of bed for less than ten thousand dollars a day. She said at that time she was “flabbergasted” to heat this because that seemed like an enormous amount of money, but then she realized that Naomi was owning her worth and recognizing her own value. Eleanor says when women share their stories, lead the way and inspire, it can make a difference to other women in the world. When that news report came out she said it was the best guidepost of how valuable it was to recognize your worth. She takes this advice into her business, Safimedia, whose mission is to double the number of female founders who sustainably scale past a million dollars in annual revenue. In her business, Eleanor says that the one thing she sees over and over again is how do you scale a service business. She explains that most service businesses get to the first quarter million by hyper customization. She says that these types of businesses start to become like a prison because they are making money but they can't get out of it. That is the most common issue she sees that people come to her for. Melinda goes into the next topic by talking about how the scale of businesses today are skyrocketing. A million-dollar business seems like nothing today because businesses are growing so fast. She asks Eleanor how she frames that and what is the mindset she has and is it challenging to her? Eleanor responds with, “Absolutely”. She says running a bigger business is easier than a smaller business because you have a bigger team and Melinda agrees! Melinda says with running a small business she always gets trapped with thinking the bigger business is better just by their revenue but she then realizes that it is harder to run a smaller business. Eleanor says that when the business was small it was much harder and she even missed her kids growing up, but now the business is much bigger and she has more time. It is much simpler because they sell two things rather than a hundred. She says that you have to be okay with letting go of certain things and just focusing on a couple of things, and allow that to be enough. Eleanor says with men still being in the center of the business world and women being kind of off-centered that it can take a women's mindset off track, thinking you are not enough and thinking you have to hustle to become successful and valuable. She says there's so much hustle for worthiness. She says that you just have to allow what you do to be enough and you don't have to give people everything they want, choose a lane and stay in it and create a business that will provide by just doing a couple of things that you really excel at. She says that is a mindset shift that she had to go through and thinks that other women need to also. Next, Melinda asks Eleanor if a million is still the number? If by 2030 will a million still be the barometer or is it going to keep getting higher and reach 3 million especially in today's economy? She says, according to the research she and her business have done, their goal is to double the number of women-owned companies that scale past a million dollars in annual revenue by 2030. She says if they inspire, support, and educate an additional 200,000 female founders that their goals can be accomplished. Eleanor thought about what was important to her and the female founders she works with and she says it really comes down to cash, influence, autonomy, and creating a model that drives those three things. She created a model called the Jule business model, which is a company that grows at 30% or more a year until the founder wants to decelerate or accelerate their business growth. The founder has 30% profitability and has 30% open-time. She says the 30-30-30 concept is a great rule of thumb and there are so many benefits from doing it this way. Learn more about Eleanor and SafiMedia by visiting her website, or by checking out her podcast Power Presence Position. The show delivers practical insight for female founders.

In this month's episode, we talk with Shelly Dominquez Lieder who is the VP of Accounts at TEN35 ad agency. To start the episode, Melinda first asks Shelly what her big dream was growing up and Shelly says that it was to be an Avon lady. She thought it was the coolest thing to walk around, ring people's doorbells, and make women feel their best selves. Her family always likes to bring this dream of hers up and embarrass her about it because they always thought that she would go to school and do much bigger things than that, which she did. Shelly says now that she is in marketing and advertising, she is still showing up and helping people think about what they need to do to be the best version of themselves. So, in some ways, she is doing what she dreamt of but in a bigger way. Shelly then talks about her growing up in a Latina family and how the women are supposed to cook, clean, take care of the house and they don't look beyond that. She is grateful that she could talk about her dreams with her mom and grandmother and they were always encouraging. They would say to her, you are going to do that and so much more. She says growing up, she always had that pressure on her shoulders because the women in her family would tell her that she will become the best version of herself and succeed in ways she didn't know were possible. Melinda then asks Shelly how growing up with a Hispanic background shaped her journey and what kind of hurdles did she have along the way? Shelly responds with, growing up with a Mexican family they had aspirations for her but also, very strong opinions. She says when she first selected her major at college her family would question her and ask “what are you going to do with that?". She says at first, she thought she was going to go to law school because she wanted to argue, fight and bring social justice to all. Her family would say to her things like, “there is no way you're going to make money right away” or, “that is ridiculous, try again”. She says when she finally told them that she was going to major in marketing they were very supportive and could see the picture. She says she always planned on graduating, then working at an ad agency. However, when she graduated in San Antonio, Texas, there were not a lot of ad agencies around her. She had to think fast about what she could do and where she could go. Very luckily, she received a job with a beer company in her early twenties. She says that the beer industry is very male-dominated but her company was Mexican-owned, so it felt familiar. She says that every day she felt like she was just trying to be heard, seen, and feel important. She knew at that point she wanted to go do other things and finally find the ad agency she has been dreaming about. Through her connections, she was able to get her next job at a Hispanic-owned ad agency in Dallas, Texas. She said she still didn't feel right at this one because they never took her ideas seriously, so she moved on to another Hispanic-owned agency. She said it was the same thing again, she was constantly fighting for a promotion and staying quiet about how women weren't being treated equally in the workplace there. She says at the same time she happened to meet her current partner at TEN35. She would notice when their teams were pitching how much she loved how he led their team, he would empower everyone in the room to speak and be heard. She knew that they were her connection and she wanted a future with TEN35. Later on, he was opening up an agency in Houston, Texas, and asked Shelly if she wanted to be a part of it. She said, “YES!”. She says ever since then she has been a part of TEN35 and that they empower women in a way she never knew was possible. Shelly says it's phenomenal that close to 70% of their team members are women, and almost 90% are in a leadership role. She felt very excited that finally after being put down at her previous companies, she found a home and a place to truly utilize her skills and to also empower and bring other people along so they don't have to go through the same struggles that she had to go through. Next, Melinda asks Shelly if she thinks this happens to other Hispanic, Latina, young women that are recruited into companies but in reality, are held back and restricted at their job. Shelly responds with yes. She says when you find that tribe, like the one she has at TEN35, they make it a point to get together. Whenever they pull out a junior from their team and hear that they are struggling, Shelly and her tribe always want to help them find their voice. Shelly's tribe being filled with other Latina women has helped shape the leader she has become. Melinda then asks since Shelly is in a leadership position, how does she lead differently to make sure she is bringing other women of color into the mix? She answers with, “I lead with purpose and grace”. She says if she is going to be involved in a leadership role, it needs to be purposeful and actionable. She doesn't want to be there just to look pretty and check a box. She wants to have an actual purpose in what role she plays. She says with grace, everyone stumbles and falls and you recover. She says, “how do you extract that out for it to not happen again and how to rise stronger.” For her, whether it be personally or professionally is done with purpose and grace. So how does TEN35 make companies more culturally conscious? She says it comes to them in different ways. A lot of companies were ones they previously worked with before they were asked to take a harder look at themselves and to make sure that they were doing what was right. Current partners often ask them for advice and make them double-check videos, ads, casting, music and more, to make sure they looked right. A part of what they do is to make sure brands are being culturally conscious and relevant. The next question Melinda asks Shelly is if she has a role model that has stuck with her and how did she come about finding this role model? Shelly says that there is one woman who sticks out in her memory and she is so fortunate she met her. This woman is the one who started telling Shelly that she can do it and taught Shelly how to find her confidence in the workplace. She would always remind Shelly of who she was and how other women outside of her bubble are were overcoming the same hurdles she had. They tie the podcast together by explaining the importance of networking for women and how far it can take an individual. Melinda also shines a light on how important it is to push your team and how it is incredible that Shelly always does so, even when someone is uncomfortable, and that is what makes her a great leader. Shelly says that she wants to continue to grow with TEN35 and help other women grow within her organization. Learn more about TEN35 and Shelly by visiting their website (https://ten35.com).

On this episode of the See It To Be It podcast, we talk to Shayla Varnado, who is a fashion stylist turned entrepreneur and wine connoisseur. She is passionate about inspiring women to live the life of their dreams and is the founder of Black Girl's Wine, which is an international organization for black women who share a passion and love for wine, while being committed to celebrating Black Girl Magic. Shayla's background consists of her growing up wanting to be a fashion stylist. She says she has always had a passion for fashion and she even studied fashion in college at Old Dominion University. She later in life started a fashion business, that specialized in helping the everyday women show up better in their lives, by piecing together a wardrobe that was suited for a woman going to work, having a date night, a girls night out, or even just attending a soccer game. She would make sure that her customers would have an outfit ready for wherever life may take them. She said that she would have key pieces in their closet to always make them feel fabulous. Now Shayla runs an international organization called Black Girl's Wine. She says that it is for black women who love wine. Running this organization, along with the sisterhood full of amazing women she has created, brings her immense amounts of joy. As for what inspired Shayla, she said she looked around the wine industry and noticed a huge lack of diversity and inclusion. She noticed that there was never a black person on a wine advertisement in the media or even in stores. She then realized there was a whole market being ignored, a market that loves wine, having a good time and hanging out and trying new things. Shayla knew that she had to step in. That is mainly where her inspiration came from for her society. The wine industry is very white-male dominated and it's amazing that black women are becoming a part of this industry with the help of Shayla. Shayla talks about how she runs a partner program to include other black and women owned wine companies in her society. This partner program refers her members to black winemakers and women winemakers. They host events together and offer discounts to their members in exchange. She says to drive memberships, they just started a live partner show which is a live event in their private Facebook group that introduces wine makers to over a thousand wine lovers. This offers exposure to women winemakers and winemakers of color. She also says that the partner program is not just about exposure, but gives a chance for the winemakers themselves to build a relationship with their audience. Shalya loves helping out other black and women owned winemakers, while also sharing her love for wine with her society. Shayla also recently co-authored the book, 44 Prayers for the Christian Entrepreneur, which was inspired by her faith. Shayla said she is just the copilot and her captain is God. She co-wrote the book with her God sister who is an entrepreneur as well. She wanted to share some of the prayers that have got her through all of life's challenges. These prayers have helped navigate and guide her through the entrepreneurship lifestyle and hardships that come along the way. Want to become a member of Black Girl's Wine? Memberships open quarterly and you can go to https://www.blackgirlswine.com to find all the information needed to take the first steps to join the sisterhood!

Sheri West is a former corporate executive who has transitioned into a phenomenal advocate for young women by founding her own nonprofit organization, Live Girl, which mission is to prepare the next generation of diverse, brave female leaders with skills, community and connections so that all girls can thrive and make a positive impace on the world. As for Sheri West's background, she grew up on a farm in Michigan and later on went to Michigan State University where she got her undergrad and Masters. She later on found her way into corporate America and worked with fortune 500 companies such as Pepsi. This experience allowed her to live out her dreams and travel the world. While traveling, she had to make hard sacrifices such as losing precious time with her family and friends, which definitley effected her wanting to start a family. During her career, and similar to many other women, she faced an array of obstacles in corporate America. These obstacles highlighted the importance for women to have a network of mentors and sponsors. Sheri belives that female mentors are of the utmost importance for a women's professinal success. When she left corporate America in 2014, she founded Live Girl with a mission to provide that network of not only mentors, but other resources for young professional women. She wanted to create this organization to pay it forward to the next generation of female leaders and make a real difference to women in the workspace. Live Girl works with girls from 5th grade all the way into college, offering career readiness and internship programs to young girls who might not otherwise be given such oppurtuinities. Being given these resources from such a young age really benefit young women's mental health in the long term, and this is something Sheri really believes we should be proactive about as a society, instead of reactive. She emphasizses how it is so important to be a good example to these young women and to constantly make sure she is leaving a positive impact on them. We love a woman who dedicates her career to lifting other women up!! About LiveGirl: Founded in 2014, LiveGirl, Inc. is a Connecticut-based nonprofit girls leadership organization that builds confident, inclusive leaders. Our mission is to prepare the next generation of diverse, brave female leaders with the skills, community, and connections so that ALL girls may thrive and make a positive impact on the world. LiveGirl serves thousands of girls in grade 5 through college annually through its free-of-charge, innovative leadership development and mentoring programs. To date, LiveGirl has reached over 10,000 young women. Learn more: https://golivegirl.org/ Connect @goLiveGirl. About Confident Podcast with Sheri & Olivia West: A mother - daughter podcast featuring conversations with fierce, unapologetically ambitious women about what it means to be an inclusive leader. Learn more: https://golivegirl.org/podcast

This month on See It To Be It podcast, Melinda speaks with Bonnie Marcus, an award winning entrepreneur, Forbes contributing writer, and executive coach. Bonnie Marcus, M.Ed., assists professional women to successfully navigate the workplace and position and promote themselves to advance their careers. With 20+ years of sales and management experience, Bonnie's extensive business background includes CEO of a ServiceMaster company and VP of Sales at Medical Staffing Network and other national companies in the healthcare and software industries. She has held executive positions in startups as well as Fortune 500 companies. A certified coach, Bonnie has been honored by Global Gurus as one of the world's top 30 coaches in 2015-2020. Her acclaimed first book, The Politics of Promotion: How High-Achieving Women Get Ahead and Stay Ahead, was first published in 2015. Bonnie shares her message globally through speaking engagements, blogging, and her podcast, Badass Women at Any Age. She begins the episode by discussing how she wanted to be a ballerina growing up, but people try to squash her ambitions; however, still today, she loves to dance. Bonnie started her career as a kindergarten teacher but transitioned to teaching aerobics at a cardiac rehabilitation center. She left the corporate arena in 2007 and got certified as a coach helping women advance their careers. Bonnie wanted to help women who are getting passed up for opportunities, couldn't advocate for themselves, and struggle to get rehired after getting pushed out of their careers. She discusses the inspiration for her book: Not Done Yet! It covers how women over 50 can regain their confidence and claim workplace power. Additionally, she covers ageism, discrimination in the workplace, even on platforms like LinkedIn. She elaborates by encouraging women not to pull themselves out of the arena, remain visible, and continue to build their network by staying marketable. Bonnie finishes up the episode revealing the power of girlfriends and social circles. She encourages women to find like-minded women by joining organizations to bring together who have something in common and find that support. She emphasizes that your mindset is essential regardless of age. Learn more about Bonnie: Bonniemarcusleadership.com _5:26 “I learned business by doing it” _5:44 “It was never my ambition to run a national company. I just said yes to a lot of opportunities that came along, I guess that's the lesson.” See It To Be It Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast the first Thursday of every month on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that's sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @seeittobeitpodcast on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Special Guest: Bonnie Marcus.

This month on See It To Be It podcast, Melinda speaks with Pat Bondurant, a famed business partner, and wife of legendary World Driving Champion Bob Bondurant. Pat takes us through her successful careers in aerospace, architecture, television, cars, and investing with her. She discusses how she's gotten to where she is today, obstacles she's overcome in the process, and how your trust should not be given out haphazardly.   She begins the episode describing how she was born into a family of five brothers, which ultimately contributes to how she carved her way as a female in numerous male-dominated career fields. Her mother was the second-highest-ranking woman in the civilian division of the government and instilled in her that there was no ceiling on what she could do. Pat started runway modeling for wedding gowns and eventually moved on to regional Ford commercials. She decided a career in fashion was her next move and took a drafting course for fashion school. Her talents in drafting ultimately led her down another path, and she worked for NASA on the first space shuttle. After NASA, she took her skills to interior design and subsequently architecture, designing the Tomahawk cruise missile facility. Later, after seeing an opportunity and seizing it, she started her own extremely successful architectural firm.  She finally met the love of her life, CEO and president of the number one racing school in the world, Bob Bondurant. Bob Bondurant is a world-renowned expert on driver training and safety. He has taught Hollywood's biggest stars to drive race cars for films, including Christian Bale in Ford vs. Ferrari. Pat discusses her and Bob's one-of-a-kind love story. However, she did fall into some traps of abusive husbands before finding her "twin flame." Despite going through a traumatically violent marriage, fighting for her son's safety, moving across the country, and ultimately facing a heartbreaking betrayal by her own son that she fought so relentlessly to protect as a child, she kept moving forward.  She discusses how she gained her success by "letting life unfold." She elaborates by explaining that when she sees an opportunity, she takes it. However, she describes how if a door to an opportunity is difficult to open, she simply moves on to the next door. She emphasizes that no matter what happened, she continued to move forward without any rains on her. Pat wraps up the episode by revealing her two go-to pieces of advice for other women. First, she encourages women to be careful who they trust because salt can be mistaken for sugar. Second, she also explains how the Bible serves as a handbook, and choosing to pick it up is the key to success.  Learn more about Pat Bondurant: https://bondurantracingschool.com/ Pat Bondurant on being a woman in male-dominated industries: _8:47 “I do not take any BS off of anybody, and let me set the tone right up front." Pat Bondurant on how she continued to achieve success while enduring a painful time in her life: _12:41 “...it's just all the components of being a powerful, self-willed woman that had to make a living, and when I saw opportunities, I knew when to move." See It To Be It Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast the first Thursday of every month on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that's sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @seeittobeitpodcast (https://twitter.com/seeit_tobeit) on Twitter, Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/seeittobeitpodcast/), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/seeittobeitpodcast). Special Guest: Pat Bondurant.

This week on See It To Be It podcast, Melinda speaks with engineer, wife, cancer conqueror, mother, and ambassador; Foram Brown. Foram is based in London, England, and has dedicated her life to learning and empowering women with the knowledge she has obtained.  She begins this episode by discussing her "big dream" when she was growing up and how she wanted to be a drama queen, movie star, and glamorous Bollywood actress. However, she felt that her only two options from a cultural standpoint were either to be a doctor or an engineer. She felt that to be able to be a self-sustaining, successful woman, she had to pick from those careers. She felt she did not have the memorization skills to be a doctor, so it became clear to her that STEM was the best option because of its key component of problem-solving. Starting off her post-college career, she landed her first job at a pharmaceutical company as a systems engineer. From there, she worked for Rolls-Royce on civil engines for 11 years. Bombardier Transportation soon followed, where she worked on UK trains, and she now works for Alstom as the head of mechanical engineering. She has noticed an increased awareness of women in the STEM industry. She works to continually increase the number of women that are recruited into engineering roles due to the fact that she has always had a strong desire to help other women. She explains how she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019 and this changed her perspective in life. Furthermore, she decided she was going to do what she had always wanted, to help women. She ultimately started her business, Foram Brown, with the purpose of filling companies' STEM openings with women employees. Foram Brown utilizes a simple model that requires companies to hire women and then fills those positions with a world-class candidate. Due to her experience in the industry, she is skilled in finding the right person for these jobs. She also nurtures the sustainment of women in these positions, helping create an inclusive company culture. She discusses the five key elements of inclusivity of women in the workplace; flexibility, support, trust, empowerment, and listen.  She talks about the toll that being a mom in a pandemic takes on a women's career, which results in a decrease in women in the workforce. Likewise, she discusses the unequal disbursement of responsibilities among women throughout the pandemic that can create stress and burnout. She encourages the embracement of the change and differences that the pandemic has contributed to so that women can work at home. She discusses how to deal with the gender pay gap, focusing on awareness. She approaches this pay gap with the mindset of knowing one's own worth and being goal-oriented. Ultimately, she wraps up with the advice to go get what you want and create the life you want to live.  Learn more about Foram Brown: https://forambrown.com/ Follow Foram Brown on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forambrown/?hl=en (@forambrown) Connect with Foram Brown on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/foram-brown Follow Foram Brown on Twitter: https://twitter.com/forambrown?lang=en (@ForamBrown) Like Foram Brown's page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forambrownfb/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/forambrowncommunity Foram Brown on inclusivity of women in the workplace: _13:08 “You make a change, and you will see a massive shift." Foram Brown on her go-to piece of advice: _22:35 “Life is exactly how you want it to be." See It To Be It Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast the first Thursday of every month on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that's sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @seeittobeitpodcast (https://twitter.com/seeit_tobeit) on Twitter, Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/seeittobeitpodcast/), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/seeittobeitpodcast).

This week on See It To Be It podcast, Melinda speaks with author, speaker, and social entrepreneur; Rebecca Powers. Rebecca is based here in Austin, Texas and has made a HUGE impact within the community throughout her years of philanthropy. She begins this episode discussing her "big dream" in life and how this was to simply go to college and be a good student with good grades. Rebecca began her college career believing she wanted to be a physician but she quickly moved into business after doing poorly in her first science class. Starting off her post-college career in sales with IBM she faced objections being a woman in the field, but quickly overcame that and went on to have a 14 yearlong successful career with them. From there, Rebecca stepped into the world of entrepreneurship. She found inspiration after seeing a group of women come together and give back to their community, Rebecca felt that if she could do something similar then it would heal the hole in her heart allowing her to move on with her life after experiencing family tragedy. Little did she know, this would lead her down a long road of social entrepreneurship and philanthropy. Impact Austin began as a small group of women wanting to make a change and grew into a huge organization putting 7 million dollars towards underserved citizens of Austin. This once small group turned into a group of powerful women supporting women. Rebecca ran and grew this organization for 10 years before letting go of her leadership role and moving into a new chapter. She discusses the struggles of leaving behind Impact Austin and coming to terms with someone else running the organization that she was so passionate about. Rebecca began a book 10 years ago chronicling her journey with Impact Austin, her original intent was for it to remain in a hope chest for her children to read one day. She was convinced by a fellow woman to turn that into a memoir and allow other people to read this and learn from the vulnerable story that Ms. Powers had to tell. She reflects on never dreaming of being an author but how satisfied she is with this journey. Rebecca Powers book, Trust Your Cape: How Women Find Their Power in Giving Back will be released on May 25th. This book emphasizes women finding their cape and their voice and using it to be unstoppable. Learn more about Rebecca Powers: https://www.impactaustin.org/our-leadership Follow Rebecca Powers on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trustyourcapebook/?hl=en Connect with Rebecca Powers on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iafounder Follow Rebecca Powers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iafounder?lang=en Like Rebecca Powers page on Facebook: https://business.facebook.com/ImpactATX/ Trust Your Cape: How Women Find Their Power in Giving Back will be available on Amazon on May 25th! Rebecca Powers on advice she received when coming to terms with stepping down from Impact Austin: _16:16 “You cannot grab the next trapeze until you let go of the one you’re holding onto and until you let both hands go, impact Austin will not move forward and you will not be able to get to what’s next.” Rebecca Powers on her belief that things will work out: _26:13 “If I do the right things, the right things happen and I don’t know where those opportunities will be but they will come.” See It To Be It Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast the first Thursday of every month on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @seeittobeitpodcast (https://twitter.com/seeit_tobeit) on Twitter, Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/seeittobeitpodcast/), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/seeittobeitpodcast). Special Guest: Rebecca Powers .

As a young woman, Ms. Ward always knew she wanted to be an attorney after taking on that role in a play as a young child. Coming from a community that lacked legal resources and frequently experienced police brutality, she knew she wanted to provide that resource to her community. She began her journey believing that her dream of being an attorney wasn’t feasible due to her lifestyle at the time. She feared that what she looked like on paper would prevent her from fulfilling her dreams. Madam Ward states that she was an activist before she became an attorney, this was inspired by the community she grew up in and was in turn, influenced by. She found that reproductive justice deeply resonated with her due to her own experiences in it. This led to her being recruited to organize the March for Women’s Lives in 2004 which ended up being the largest march on Washington in United States history. Ms. Ward moves to the topic of struggles that came along with being a woman of color obtaining a law degree. She was forced to face her past and prove herself once again during her process of being accepted to law school. Ms. Ward speaks on her business architecture venture and how they build infrastructures from the ground up. She touches on how Covid-19 has affected them, having to readjust to a completely new way of life that has changed every aspect of business and has forced her company to dive into new approaches. Ms. Ward is very optimistic towards life moving forward, she states that everything is happening “for us and not to us”, everything the past year that we’ve faced is for us and only leading us to a better future. Learn more about Madam Nselaa Ward: www.ninivafirm.com Follow Madam Nselaa Ward on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nselaaward/?hl=en Connect with Madam Nselaa Ward on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/nselaaward/ Follow Madam Nselaa Ward on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nselaaward?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Like Madam Nselaa Ward page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nselaawardfanpage/ Madam Ward on achieving your goals in life: _12:13 “if you have a goal, you can’t be hung up over the hiccups that come along the way” See It To Be It Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast the first Thursday of every month on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @seeittobeitpodcast (https://twitter.com/seeit_tobeit) on Twitter, Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/seeittobeitpodcast/), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/seeittobeitpodcast). Special Guest: Madam Nselaa Ward, J.D..

This week on the See It To Be It podcast, we speak with Sandy Forster, a successful business woman from down under that has mastered money manifestation. Sandy shares how she never really had that BIG dream growing up of what she wanted to do or who she wanted to be. She jokes that her dream was simply to leave school and get to the beach. Sandy caught the travel bug at a young age when her family decided to travel the world for 10 months before moving to Queensland. She didn’t begin extensive traveling until her late 20s. Sandy’s traveling did not consist of five-star restaurants and fancy restaurants, she traveled with the purpose of gaining endless experiences. She discusses her day-to-day life and how normal it actually is despite having wild and dangerous traveling tales. As shocking as it may be, she refers to herself as an introvert so when she does travel, she wants that adventure and the excitement that she doesn’t experience every day. After accidentally landing a job as an aerobics teacher, Sandy credits herself for really getting the Aerobics era started within Australia. One of her first business ventures consisted of designing leotards and swimwear to fit this trend as they were previously unavailable in her country. She considered this a hobby business, but it soon became her full-time business after her divorce from her partner of more than 11 years. In the process of trying to make this her full-time business she realized that she lacked business experience and soon ended up $100,000 in debt. With two kids, being a single mother, and on welfare, Sandy had to figure out her next move. She found that she had a knack for personal development and soon fell into life coaching. She admits originally entering this field because she wanted to save herself. One thing led to another and she discovered the law of attraction. After she found a way to combine the law of attraction with her life coaching business as well as Internet marketing, it took off. Around 2003, she had the concept to start a mentoring program for women which was one of the first of its time. She became passionate about helping people grow their finances through manifestation and helping women specifically. She states that her passion now is working with women that feel stuck, she teaches them to marry the metaphysical and the practical in order to get the results they desire. Sandy wraps up by reminding us that you can never give up, that uncomfortable feeling could mean that your dream is just around the corner. She stresses the importance of persistence, rewiring your brain, and understanding that the universal law states that what you desire will come to you. Follow Sandy on Facebook (business): https://www.facebook.com/Sandylforster Follow Sandy on Facebook (personal): https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=736250936 Follow Sandy on Facebook (private group): https://www.facebook.com/groups/Lawofattractionprosperitysecrets Follow Sandy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandylforster Follow Sandy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wwealthy Learn more about Sandy: https://www.wildlywealthy.com/about-sandy/ Learn more about Wildly Wealthy: https://www.wildlywealthy.com Sandy on falling into the trap of comparison: _19:10 “We compare the worst of ourselves against the best of everyone else and think we’re lacking, whereas everyone’s got something going on, everyone’s got their own struggles…” Sandy on manifesting successfully: _13:17 “So when you marry the mindset, the metaphysical with the practical, that is really when everything can happen.” Sandy is offerring a money manifesting bundle for free for SIBI listeners Link for listeners: www.wildlywealthyfree.com On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Sandy Forster.

This week on the See It To Be It podcast, we talk to Heidi and Tori Ganahl, a mother daughter duo turned female entrepreneurs! Heidi shares her journey to becoming a businesswoman. The start of her entrepreneur spirit was with Camp Bow Wow in 2000, which is a day care and boarding school for dogs. Camp Bow Wow has now grown into 160 camps in North America and holds the lead in the continents largest pet care franchise. Tori Ganahl graduated from the University of Oregon when she was left feeling lost and unsure of what her passion was in life. Tori became the guinea pig for her mom’s book She Factor to really see if this methodology would actually work for young women struggling through this stage of life. Needless to say, it does. Her life did a complete 180. In 2019, Heidi and Tori launched their lifestyle brand called SheFactor. SheFactor is a platform for young women craving a sense of community, growth, and purpose. Their overarching goal is to inspire women to become confident, successful leaders of their own lives- their “Journey to She”. Tori explains that finding your passion in life is the driving factor into becoming an entrepreneur and a successful young woman. She adds that the most success you will ever have is by trusting your intuition and not letting outside voices get in the way of your vision. Heidi tells us that she has learned how the younger generation learns, engages and communicates from Tori. Heidi and Tori discuss how SheFactor has transformed from live in person events to all digital and how they have navigated the transition to all online. Heidi concludes with the future of SheFactor, their goal is to keep growing their movement and to reach out to other brands to partner and grow their community. SheFactor has reached 1 million women in the first year and now their goal is the reach 5 million in five years. Learn more about Heidi Ganahl: https://heidiganahl.com/ Follow Heidi Ganahl on Instagram: https://instagram.com/heidiganahl?igshid=1uvtpv35w8bvv Follow Tori Ganahl on Instagram: https://instagram.com/toriganahl?igshid=eesmbmzi4efa Like She Factor on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/myshefactor Follow Heidi on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heidiganahl1 Follow Tori on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tori.ganahl Learn more about SheFactor: https://www.theshefactor.com Tori on finding your place and creating your own path in life as a woman: _14:05 “I mean, you're always searching for that inspiration and we really need to be better as women about doing our research and finding women that inspire us and not be afraid or compare. I think that the problem is the comparison and basing our journeys off of these women when we can create our own journey.” See It To Be It Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favoritestreaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @seeittobeitpodcast (https://twitter.com/seeit_tobeit) on Twitter, Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/seeittobeitpodcast/), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/seeittobeitpodcast). Special Guests: Heidi Ganahl and Tori Ganahl.

This week on the See It To Be It podcast, we talk to Ashley K. Shift, a Mathematician turned to a female entrepreneur! Ashley shares her journey to becoming a businesswoman. As a way to put herself through college, she started her math tutoring company. She then became a math teacher but always had the entrepreneurial spirit! In 2014, Ashley became sick was constantly seeing doctors and being given medicines, that was when she decided she wanted to take a different route to healing. She began educating herself on herbs, meditation, crystals, CBD and other natural healing practices. Through personal education and learning to heal her own body, she discovered her passion and had a spark to start her business, Hacked By Nature. Ashley discusses how her business has evolved due to the pandemic and how she is navigating the online crystal business. She also talks about the current energy of the world and how people are turning to healing. She offers great advice to start the new year about self-love and confidence! In addition, she discusses the importance of mentors and leaves listeners with her most important piece of advice: readers are leaders! Learn more about Ashley Shift: https://ashleykshift.com/ Follow Ashley Shift on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleykshift/ Like Ashley’s page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashleykshift/ Learn more about Hacked By Nature: https://hackedbynature.com/ Special Guest: Ashley K. Shift.

This week on See It To Be It, we talk to Hannah Rad, an On-Air Talent, Radio Host, DJ and Mental Health advocate. Hannah shares her story of growing up in a small town outside of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and always wanted to be on the radio. She decided from a very young age that she needed to move New York in order to fulfill her dreams of becoming a DJ and TV Host. She studied at a college in New York and after graduating, she got a job in design and started campaigning her portfolio to become an on-air talent. Puff Daddy discovered her about five years ago and asked if she would be interested in doing some TV work. She became one of the original hosts on his network and eventually was able to executive produce her own show for five seasons. After spending 15 years in New York, Hannah decided it was time for a change. She moved to LA and discovered that even though she had tons of experience, she would have to break into the industry again in her new city. Hannah admits she was a bit overconfident and didn't realize how hard it would be to reintegrate into her career and gain new connections. She started to experience a lot of depression and anxiety from in-between gigs and trying to find her next big thing. Hannah had an epiphany and thought she could actually create something beautiful out of all her heavy feelings. She created a mini series called, "Sorry to Keep You Waiting," which focuses on her mental health journey as she drives around to seven different locations in California. Each of the locations matches the struggle she faced and how she conquered it. She hopes that this series will make people aware about how important mental health is and explore the many different ways that have helped her in her own journey. Learn more about Hannah Rad: https://www.hannahrad.com/ Follow Hannah Rad on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannahrad/ Connect with Hannah on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahrad/ Follow Hannah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HANNAHRAD Like Hannah's page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hannahrad/ Add Hannah on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/djhannahrad Follow "Sorry To Keep You Waiting" on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sorry2keepyouwaiting/ Hannah on manifesting her own dream job: _1:24.39 — "And by the grace of God and a lot of hard work, blood, sweat and tears, I ended up on the radio in New York about ten or eleven years ago. Which is finally when I got my big break. So it happened. I manifested it from a very young age." See It To Be It Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast the first Thursday of every month on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @seeittobeitpodcast (https://twitter.com/seeit_tobeit) on Twitter, Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/seeittobeitpodcast/), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/seeittobeitpodcast). Special Guest: Hannah Rad.

This week on See It To Be It, we talk to Ashley Tryner, the founder and CEO of Farmbox Direct and FarmboxRx. Ashley shares her journey of growing up on a farm, dropping out of college, marrying young and getting divorced while pregnant. With no savings or idea of what she was going to do, she ended up on food stamps. She decided to move to New York City and got a job in the fashion industry. Soon she realized that, even though she was in New York City, there was difficulty finding fresh produce. She said she always loved agriculture and decided to save her money for a couple of years and start her own company, Farmbox Direct. Farmbox Direct was one of the first companies in New York that offered grocery delivery. Ashley discusses how she became an advocate to help eradicate the food desert problem in America. She also petitioned the USDA to allow companies to take food stamps online. She was introduced to Sam Cass, former chef to President Obama and senior advisor to Michelle Obama for nutrition in America. Ashley talks about where she thinks the food delivery service will go in the future and how it has provided so many homes, especially during COVID, with food on their tables. She touches on her two new ventures, FarmboxRx and Harlow's Harvest, which is a business she launched with her daughter to promote healthy eating and cooking for kids! Learn more about Farmbox Direct: https://www.farmboxdirect.com/ Follow Ashley Tryner on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farmboxashley/ Connect with Ashley on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-tyrner-129082a3/ Like Farmbox Direct's Page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/farmboxdirect Follow Harlow's Harvest on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harlowsharvest/ Ashley on what has encouraged her throughout the years: _15:20.45 — "I think my biggest advice is I always refer to myself that I'm a rhinoceros, right? So, rhinoceroses, they can't turn around, they can't look behind, they can only charge forward." On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast the first Thursday of every month on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @seeittobeitpodcast (https://twitter.com/seeit_tobeit) on Twitter, Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/seeittobeitpodcast/), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/seeittobeitpodcast). Special Guest: Ashley Tryner.

This week on See It To Be It, we talk to Jane Ko, the mastermind behind A Taste of Koko, a food and travel blog based out of Austin, Texas. From humble beginnings in a small town in south Texas, her biggest inspiration in life was to become a librarian. She moved to Austin in 2007, originally to pursue becoming a doctor at University of Texas. She shortly realized that was not for her and decided blogging in 2010 as a creative outlet. She originally only posted recipes on her blog and after two years with zero readership, a local restaurant reached out to her, asking her to promote their business. From there, it kept snowballing and A Taste of Koko was truly born. She said she isn't sure when the narrative changed from sharing restaurants and chef's stories, to her own... as this was never her intention. Jane talks about work before becoming a full-time blogger and that it was never her intention to become an influencer. During Huricane Harvey and now COVID-19 she has been able to impact the community by helping restaurants and small businesses to get their numbers, pivot to takeout and help raise money for the restaurant economy. Jane also touches on how travel industry has now changed and how she can reinvent her content and give people things to do and places to stay in the safest way possible. She was able to help some local bed and breakfasts and smaller hotels meet their capacity and get people to book with them. She concludes with advice on if people want to be an influencer, the toxicity of social media and what is next for her. Learn more about A Taste of Koko: https://www.atasteofkoko.com/ Follow A Taste of Koko on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atasteofkoko/ Connect with Jane on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janeko/ Like Jane's Page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/atasteofkoko Follow Jane on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/atasteofkoko/_created/ Follow Jane on Twitter: https://twitter.com/atasteofkoko Jane on having a voice and using it for the better: _10:49.79 — "I can do the pretty photos, I can sit pretty, I can wear pretty outfits, wear my hat, go to pretty destinations and shoot these fun videos, which I will always do because I love doing those...But when there is a pandemic, I think for anyone who is in the social media space, think about the kind of impact you can have and what kind of voice that you lead with." On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Jane Ko.

This week on See It To Be It, we talk to Kiana Danial, who is an award winning internationally recognized personal investing and wealth management expert and author. Kiana had two dreams... to become an astronaut and an author. Originally she wanted to follow in her dad's footsteps, and studied electrical engineering in college in Japan. After being the only girl in her class for six years, she realized that engineering and math were not in her life plan. Kiana explains how her path changed to finance and the misconception that in order to be in finance, you have to be good at math. She took a job as a financial planner, working in Wall Street. She explains she didn't know finance was a male dominated field, since everything she knew about America was from the movies. In Iran, which is where she was born and grew up, it is actually common for women to be in STEM, finance, engineering and other fields typically associated with men in America. Kiana explains her time at Wall Street during the 2008 market crash, getting fired from her job, working in a male dominated field and finally starting her own business. She know thrives to help women invest and manage their wealth. Learn more about Invest Diva: https://investdiva.com/ Connect with Kiana on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiana-danial-ceo-48939414/ Follow Kiana on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/investdiva/ Like Kiana's Page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InvestDiva Follow Kiana on Tiktok: @kianadanial Subscribe to her YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/investdiva Follow Kiana on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KianaDanial Kiana on investing myths and stereotypes: _16:10:74 "And I say mentality because if you're a good shopper, if you're a bargain shopper, you're gonna be a good investor. Because that's what investing is all about. It's about finding good deals. And women by nature are by far better investors ." — On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Kiana Danial.

This week on See It To Be It, we talk to Joey Lindahl, who is a Senior Marketing Manager at Polaris Industries and a female motorcyclist. Joey wanted to be Wonder Woman when she was little, but when she realized that wasn't a real career, she went for the next best thing... helping people and getting to tell their stories through marketing and advertising. Specifically, badass female motorcyclists. Joey was initially brought onto the Polaris team when Polaris Industries purchased Indian Motorcycles. This eventually evolved into her current role as Senior Marketing Manager at Polaris Industries. Although the motorcycle industry is thought to be more male dominated, Joey said she was pleasantly surprised with how many women not only worked at Polaris, but were in leadership positions. Many women at Polaris also rode motorcycles, off road vehicles or snow mobiles. She explains how powerful it can be to ride a motorcycle and the many different groups female riders can join. She said that ever since she started riding, it has helped her have a more fearless outlook on life. Joey also mentions how she has been able to hear stories of female riders who have been riding for years. This has helped her accurately represent and showcase women in the motorcycle industry. *Disclaimer - this segment was recorded prior to IFRD which took place on August 22, 2020. Learn more about Polaris: https://www.polaris.com/en-us/ Connect with Joey on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joey-lindahl-maol-1715097/ Joey on feeling like a superhero when she rides: _8:40:36 "You do, you feel like a bit of a superhero and that confidence does spread over into all aspects of your life. You know, once you realize that you can do something, that's maybe a little bit out of your comfort zone, that confidence carries with you." — On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Joey Lindahl.

This week on See It To Be It, we talk to Janet Mesh, who created her own remote content and digital marketing agency called Aimtal in 2018. Janet discusses her original dream career of being on Broadway and how the idea to start her own company was manifested after a trip to South America. She explains what her company, Aimtal does and what techniques they use, including their main strategy, empathy marketing. Janet also shares her morning routine and the difference it makes her productivity when working from home. Learn more about Janet Mesh: http://www.janetmesh.com/ Follow Janet on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meshymind/ Connect with Janet on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janetmesh/ Follow Janet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/meshymind Mesh on working remotely: _13.12.35 "What I love about remote work is you don't need to be, like sitting at your desk for all hours. You do have that flexibility and that's the benefit of it. It's just a matter of being very clear with like making sure if someone's unavailable, just let the team know." — On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Janet Mesh.

In this episode of See It To Be It, we talk to Nida Jawed, the founder of Nida Jawed Life Coaching, LLC, and a certified professional life coach. Nida shares her journey to becoming a life coach. From originally wanting to be in the business field to studying management then switching to learning cultures and psychology. Later after graduating, someone asked her if she had ever considered becoming a life coach and a light bulb went off! Nida shares what exactly a life coach does and how much it can help woman shape their personal and professional goals. She also gives advice on how to navigate through this challenging and ever-changing time, from Covid-19, to politics, to taking control over her appearance. Learn more about Nida Jawed: https://nidajawed.com/ Follow Nida on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nidajawedlife/ Connect with Nida on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nida-jawed-a00556150/ Follow on Nida on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NidaJawedLife Follow Nida on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NidaJawedLife Jawed's inspirational message to accepting who you are: _11.43.85 "You have dealt with a lot and look at where you are right now. You are, as a human being, an adaptive person." — On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Nida Jawed.

This week for our 100th Episode, we talk to Kandice Guice, a woman who holds many different impressive roles. As an attorney, entrepreneur, lifestyle and fashion writer and mom, Kandice walks us through her journey from graduating from college during the 2008 recession to creating her own empire. Kandice offers advice on how to not only get the conversation starting about diversity and inclusion in the workplace, but how to implement real change. She also discusses what she does for work and life balance as well as her new program called "Inking The Deal," which is a comprehensive guided course designed to help you negotiate contracts and close deals. Learn more about Kandice Guice: https://www.kandiceguice.com/about/ Follow Kandice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kandiceguice/ Connect with Kandice on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kandice-guice-48549752/ Follow on Facebook and find out more information about "Inking The Deal": https://www.facebook.com/kandiceguice/ Guice's advice for asking for change and holding people accountable: _15.41.65 "And so it is really about accountability and holding people accountable. So it's not sending one email and then, you know, okay, I didn't hear back or they said they were going to do it, but they didn't do anything. It's really holding their feet to the fire and making the decision to keep pushing for the change you want to see." — On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Kandice Guice.

Phyllis Reagin is a leadership coach to entertainment and media leaders and former global head of diversity and inclusion at Warner Brothers. Phyllis originally wanted to be a newscaster, however she ended up switching her path completely from broadcasting to marketing communications to political consulting and eventually to leadership development and DEI. She decided to start her own business after her husband passed away when she was eight months pregnant. Phyllis focused on her baby and her personal life, until he was a toddler and that's when she decided she wanted to be her own boss. Phyllis married her three interests together, business, leadership development and psychology. In this episode, Phyllis breaks down the steps on her journey to becoming a leadership coach as well as tips and tricks for being heard and building relationships to gain opportunities in the workplace. She also discusses the importance of representation for young women. Learn more about Phyllis Reagin: https://www.phyllisreagin.com/ Follow Phyllis on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachphyllisr/ Connect with Phyllis on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phyllisreagin/ Like Phyllis's Page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoachPhyllisR/ Follow Phyllis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/coachphyllisr Reagin on her mother's best advice: _17:31.37 "So I always say that my mother gave me the best advice and she always said,"Live your life for yourself. Go get what you want and your dreams. Stop waiting. You do not want to wake up and say, 'I wish, I should have, I could have.' And so just live. What's really inside of you, it's there for a reason and just commit to yourself." — On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Phyllis Reagin.

Jessica Chang is the co-founder and CEO of WeeCare, a mother, and a preschool owner. When Jessica was pregnant with her first child, she began touring daycares only to discover that all spots were full with long waitlists and exorbitant costs. Unable to comprehend why there were so few spots available and so many parents searching for childcare, she decided to dive into the childcare space and become an investor and owner of a preschool. This episode, Jessica breaks down the steps on her journey to developing WeeCare, and how she balanced her entrepreneurship with being the best parent she could be. Learn more about WeeCare: https://weecare.co/ WeeCare full directory of daycares across the United States: https://weecare.co/daycare-near-me Learn more about Fever Free virtual fever and symptom checks: https://feverfree.ai/ Chang on female entrepreneurship: _17:10 “One of the things that I think stops female from being entrepreneurs actually is we always feel like we don't have the time or we might fail and we don't want to risk it. And to be honest, the best advice I can give is just go do it. You know, I founded, we care while being pregnant with my first child. And then I went and raised money while being pregnant with my second child. So I think there's a need, that's like, Nope, there's never a right time.”  — On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Jessica Chang.

Rebekah Bastian is an entrepreneur, writer, artist, tech executive, mentor, wife, mother and aerial acrobat. After 15 years at Zillow, with roles including vice president of product and vice president of community and culture, Rebekah is now CEO & Co-founder of OwnTrail. Rebekah built OwnTrail with the goal reimagining and scaling mentorship to serve all women. Through micro acts of mentorship, Rebekah believes women can inspire each other and create solidarity around shared experiences. The result helps a diverse range of women see people that look like them in places they aspire to, and embracing the fact that there is no one right path. Rebekah published her first book, Blaze Your Own Trail, in February 2020. This episode, she talks to us about her frame work for mentorship and how to get yourself "unstuck" when you feel in a rut. You can learn more about Rebekah on her personal website at https://rebekahbastian.com/! Rebekah on the cracks in traditional mentorship: _3:51 “Traditional mentorship leaves most women behind 75% of women aren't giving or getting the mentorship that they want to be. And we started having some really big ideas for how we might be able to reimagine mentorship, to reach all of women.” — On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Rebekah Bastian.

On this week's episode of See It To Be It, Author Laura Zam talks to us about getting the root of shame and getting to the core of trauma to overcome difficulties in our personal lives. Zam is a Sexuality Educator, Certified Trauma Professional, TEDx speaker, and workshop leader, whose work focuses on sexual healing. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times (Modern Love), Salon, HuffPost, SheKnows, NextTribe, The Forward, in international journals, and in five book anthologies. Her first book, The Pleasure Plan: One Woman's Search for Sexual Healing, based on her off-Broadway, one-woman play, released in 2020. To learn more about Laura, make sure to visit her website at Laurazam.com! Quotes: _8:33 “One is I think that shame has a very symbiotic relationship with self-blame and that the shame actually arises from the fact that women are not forgiving themselves and putting it upon themselves, that they are responsible for whatever it is. And then they feel this shame around it, ashamed of something they think they did or didn’t do.” — On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Laura Zam.

This week on See It To Be It,  we talk to Founder and CEO of CodeOp.tech Katrina Walker. Growing up in Silicon Valley, Katrina knew from a young age she was interested in a career in the sciences. After going through different careers paths in Psychology to Cultural Anthropology, she sought after a greater challenge for herself through Data Science. Afterwards, she went on to found CodeOp, Barcelona’s first coding school specifically for women and non-binary people.  CodeOp’s mission is to provide resources and support for women wanting to educate themselves remotely on coding. Katrina hopes for CodeOp to become the first international coding school for womxn.  Katrina’s personal path was nonlinear, but throughout the journey she collected different skills along the way. This episode, she talks to us about the power of remote learning, the constant search for knowledge and listening to your passions when they are calling out to you.  To learn more about Katrina, check her out on LinkedIn and visit coreop.tech for more on her company. Katrina on the gap in data education specifically serving women: _6:41 “..Coding schools are worldwide, but according schools that specifically serve women are less than 1%.” Katrina on the difference between her company and ones she has worked for: _10:42 “100%. It's powerful. You know, I'm part of other business groups that are better coed. It's a completely, totally different experience. No lot more arrogance and, um, let you know less humility. And when we want to learn from one another, it's fantastic. I could just hear someone say how much they've struggled while trying to raise around. That's where the valuable information is.” — On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Katrina Walker.

This week on See It To Be It, we talk to Joy Altimare, Chief Engagement and Brand Officer of EHE Health! Joy Altimare is the Chief Engagement and Brand Officer at the industry-leader in health and wellness for over 100 years, EHE Health. With over 16 years of experience in the marketing field, she has become an expert adviser to organizations looking to tackle growth, innovation, and technology challenges. This episode she talks about her journey facing racial and gender adversities early in her career and how she battled micro-agressive behavior to get where she is today. To learn more about Joy, check her out on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/joy-a-50a7906/ — Joy on diversity in the work place: _16:14 “We need to have diverse voices at the table because when you have diverse thought everything becomes greater.” — On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Joy Altimare.

Growing up, Sandy Weiner always thought she was going to be using her creativity in purely art endeavors. Her point of view pivoted when she recognized she found value in helping others in creative ways through her coaching. After spending time feeling like she had lost her value, she regained a strong sense of self by slowing down and reevaluating her value and priorities. Sandy’s mission is to help other women rediscover their value through setting limits, speaking up, understanding their worth. Using her three pillars of core confidence, Weiner leads our listeners through an exercise we all can do to identify and keep up with our internal values. This episode, she also gives dating advice that we can use during and after the pandemic. To learn more about Sandy, make sure to visit: Lastfirstdate.com Womanofvalue.com Listen to her podcasts: Woman of Value podcast and Last First Date Radio. And you can order her book “Becoming a Woman of Value” on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Woman-Value-Thrive-Life/dp/B088N3XH1F. Weiner on the importance of caring for yourself first: _12:53 “If you let yourself down, you're actually letting everybody down. And when you're more worried, I read about somebody else than yourself, then you're shifting into something. I think that's not you. And people don't really know you. They don't really know where you begin and end. And so you're not doing anybody a favor and it's just such an important message that we have to get through our heads that we need to take care of ourselves first. And when that's taken care of the right people, we'll accommodate and we'll listen to our boundaries as we will listen to theirs.” Weiner's advice for those questioning themselves: _17:39 “I looked at other people and said, Oh my God, I'll never be that. And I think we have to put ourselves on a pedestal and really understand that we have much more power and ability that we think and just trust them. We can don't listen to naysayers. I mean, people who were like, Oh, you're not making enough money coaching. You should just work at Starbucks. You'll get medical benefits. And I believed in myself and I kept going. And I think that, you know, you can't listen to all those other voices. You've just got to strengthen the voice inside.” — On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Sandy Weiner.

Breaking the ceiling is great, but what else can we be doing to keep the conversation for improvement going? Our guest June Manley says that strives for diversity and equity is not just about you, it’s about who you are bring to the table after. Growing up a hardworking and ambitious young girl in India, June Manley always strives to exceed expectations. No matter the efforts to place roadblocks in her path, she successfully overcame adversity, but only after recognizing the injustices around her. This episode, Manley tells us stories from the unfair practices she experiences in early pitching of her company and how that inspired her to create her own independent organization dedicated to championing equal opportunity for all. June recently led the research on the Tech Industry’s Diversity Hiring Practices that revealed the discrimination factors impeding efforts to build a culture of equality and a diverse workforce. You can check out F4's research here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SVPMULsF02QVzQZ-3sz6P_C7G1xD4HOg/view Manley on going beyond breaking the ceiling: _13:34 “Breaking the ceiling is great, but if you do it for yourself, you're doing it (only) for yourself” Manley’s advice about mentors and role models: _17:25 “Be stingy with who you admire. Don't give it out really freely. Give it to the people who deserve it because of who is behind them. It's always easy to look at somebody in the front, but look at somebody who's behind them. Look at who they've brought to the table and that's who deserves your admiration. And I think if we do that, then a lot of people would want to kind of pay it forward.“ — On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: June Manley.

Barriers serve a greater purpose than you think. Our guest, Pam Williams testifies to that! This week on See It To Be It, Pam Williams, a HR Professional and Emotional Intelligence extraordinaire, takes us on a deep dive into changes that need to be made in diversity hiring and breaks down key tips on improving our emotional intelligence. Tune in for some amazing advice from an incredible role model. Williams on roadblocks in personal journey’s: 03:58 “ I absolutely love barriers. I think that they have a huge purpose in our lives. They help us to figure out how to get around them over them, under them. They are not a road block they are a learning entity.” Williams on the rewards of leadership: 06:27 “in leading people, you really get a sense of huge accomplishments when you see people not just transition, but transform from one stage to another stage, to another stage, do you help a person realize their potential and go from good to great.” Williams on the true definition of “serving the cause”: 9:54 “Serving the cause is being intentional of how you are developing and grooming these individuals to be successful in these positions.” The questions Williams says can change the course of your life: 24:04 “There is many people that will go through life and not know what their true purpose truly is. And for you to understand that. Just ask yourself these two questions. If money and time were of no object, what would I be doing? “ — On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Pam Williams.

Need some inspiration on fighting societal stereotypes and pursuing your goals? Our guest, Dr. Shay Bahramirad has an inspirational journey to tell about pushing past limitations to accomplish your dreams. Growing up in Iran, Shay Bahramirad loved science and wanted to be an astronaut. Such pursuits for a woman in that country were difficult at best, so she left her home and family—first for Europe, then the U.S., where she settled in Chicago. Now with a doctorate in electrical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Shay is a vocal proponent for advancing women in tech careers. She travels around the world giving speeches and founded the IEEE PES' Women in Power arm, to elevate women in the energy industry. Her global work experience has shown that, despite best efforts in many countries and many fields, we have a long way to go to provide equal opportunities for women and people of different backgrounds. In particular, the power industry has made great strides to make engineering education and careers attractive to women and minorities—great strides in opening career paths to the full diversity of our human capital. Bahramirad on taking a closer look at the past for inspiration: _5:39 “I mentioned all of these things to say that there is no reason…there is no science that would suggest that women cannot do what men do. And it goes back to the societal stereotypes and that's different in different places of the board, but there are a lot of commonalities. Women can be executives and they can run companies as well as they can be STEM. They can be in the operation side of a utility. So any occupation that you think about going through history? Women can be part of it.” Bahramirad on the importance for diversity during hard times: _12:51 “If there's a time that the diversity of thoughts and women are needed in organizations, it's now during this hardship” Bahramirad advice to listeners: _13:40 “It's okay. Not to be perfect. Don't wait for that perfect moment. Don't wait to know everything before you raise your hand for the next challenge. Don't work on anything to be perfect. It's okay not to be perfect.” — On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! 
We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Shay Bahramirad.

Ever feel like you’re juggling too much and running too much on coffee? Our guest, film producer Charlotte Larsen knows the feeling all too well. From New Zealand to LA, Larsen is a multifaceted professional with her hands in several projects such as the NZ series “Auckward Love” (2015), and films “Gloria” (2014) and “Great Expectations” (2012.) Her passions not only focus on producing and acting, but also mentoring and uplifting emerging artists. Right out of college, Larsen started the Emerging Artists Trust in New Zealand where she mentors and funds up and coming artist in film, theater, and the visual arts. Larsen’s advice for multitaskers on avoiding burnout: _13:20 “first of all when I started out, I was trying to do too much. I was always like, I want this project and this project and this project, and I'm going to get them all done. And I realized that it's great to be eager and, you know, to want to learn and to want to make stuff happen. But you kind of have to sit back and go, okay, which one do I want to focus on first? And that might mean that you lose several opportunities on the way, but the one opportunity take is the one that's going to work and succeed. So I always say. Take it slow. Don't rush. Do one thing at a time. Maybe two, if you, you know, once you were a bit more experienced, but one project at a time. And then my other piece of advice I always say is don't rely on coffee to get you through the day. You just end up a mess. So try, even though we know we work 16, 18 hour days, try and get sleep. Sleep is the ultimate magic. Isn't it?” To keep up with Charlotte, make sure to follow her on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Charlotte-Larsen-147814945285321/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OfficialCharLar — On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Charlotte Larsen.

After working in the modeling and acting industry for over a decade, Adaire Byerly observed the normalized, unprofessional patterns and behaviors that surrounded her career. Inspired by the observations she made in the industry, she went into researching the specific details that surround the creative mind. She is the CEO & Founder of Entertainment Mindframe™, which specializes in research and implementation of Cognitive Sciences into intellectual and developmental training for professionals in the Fashion and Entertainment industry. Ultimately, she is pathing the way for understanding the brain function of a Creative. Adaire has worked with Talent Agencies, Production/Broadcast Companies, Fashion/Creative Teams, etc. In doing so, she has been able to help them optimize creativity, best business practices and individual/company growth. All the while, enhancing professionalism. Byerly on how the ongoing pandemic affects the natural processes of our minds: _15:45 “We're built to be engineers. We're built to figure out things. That's the way the human mind is built. And when we are faced with uncertainty and we don't have any opportunity to. Strategically figure that out. Our fear level, it just goes through the roof. And it's supposed to, because our brains were created to keep us alive, and if we don't know what's out there, that means danger. That equates to danger. So the fear is just our body saying there's a perceived threat out there somewhere because we don't know what it is, and nobody likes living in that. So yeah, that's, that's heightened for everybody right now.” Byerly on the push back she had on her interests because of societal labels pushed on her: _17:10 “I've learned this too with neuroscience, which it kind of helps me understand and not take things so personally as we're always kind of scanning people to see where they belong. We're always trying to put people into categories and you see me and you're like, okay, so she models… She's biracial… You know what I mean? And then it's like she belongs here and here, but she doesn't belong here. So I think people have a hard time with that alone, saying "How in the world is a model going to talk about science?"..the transition, I did have a lot of fear that, to be completely honest with you, and it stopped me from starting for years." Byerly's advice on defending your passions: _21:40 “So I have actually stopped wasting my time talking to people, even if it's friends or family members. These are people I love. I stopped wasting my time explaining to them my vision and my purpose because it's not for them and it's just for me to pursue.” — On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Adaire Byerly.

Kasia Urbaniak is the founder and CEO of The Academy, a school that teaches women the foundations of power and influence. While working as a dominatrix, Kasia studied power dynamics that she now teaches other women at The Academy. She has taught hundreds of women to radically increase their power, agency and influence. The Academy’s goal is to break the “good girl” conditioning placed on women so that they may take on leadership roles in all aspects of their lives. Urbaniak on internalized sexism: 6:01 - This is the right thing, because if we don't handle the conditioning that we're carrying, you talk about the patriarchy. It's not just men, it's how we all teach each other. It’s how mothers teach their daughters. Out of love, right? No ill intentions. To learn more about The Academy and Kasia Urbaniak, visit weteachpower.com — On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Kasia Urbaniak.

Dr. Karen Moxon is a powerhouse researcher in the field of neuroengineering and professor of bioengineering, that focuses on understanding how information in the brain is represented and how it is affected by spinal injury, stroke, or other brain damage. Dr. Moxon is an elected fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and an active contributor to the activities and efforts of the IEEE Brain Initiative. Dr. Moxon’s work has spurred an entirely new discipline within neuroengineering, called brain-machine interface, which has had a global impact. In this episode she takes is in and out of the lab, talking both about her research on functions of the brain and what she has been doing to inspire young women to pursue careers in STEM. Dr. Moxon on her surprise realizing that girls bracing themselves the potential negativity in approaching stem fields: _08:26 " I was just shocked and so upset that the questions were, how do I protect myself in this male dominated world where men are really pushing me out? These were high school kids and they felt this. They wanted to know, how do I navigate around the negativity that's coming out at me to move into this thing I really want to do because I really want to do coding. I really want to be a computer scientist. And I just thought, Oh my goodness. This is still going on like 38 years after I finished high school.” Dr. Moxon's biggest piece of advice for young people feeling lost: _19:25 " You really need to know what makes you happy... what do you feel good doing..and you need to do those things because in those times in life when it's hard and things get tough, and they always do: if you're doing something you're passionate about, you can plow through. If you're just sort of doing it because you don't know what else to do, harder to move forward, it's harder to be successful. So I think that the idea that you should be passionate, what you're doing is the most important." -- To learn more about Dr. Moxon, make sure to visit : https://moxonlab.bme.ucdavis.edu/ On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Dr. Karen Moxon.

Alicia Doyle's story of determination and grit provides a great example of what is possible when you give yourself a fighting chance. This week on the See It To Be It Podcast we talk to Author of "Fighting Chance," Alicia Doyle. Doyle tells us about her experience finding a passion in boxing while also working as a full time journalist. Alicia Doyle’s perspective on boxing completely shifted when she was assigned to cover a local boxing gym for at risk youth that had sustained damage after a storm. Her opinion of the sport changed after writing multiple stories about the organization through which Doyle fell in love with boxing. In her memoir, she talks about her own experience being a victim of violence and how that experience led her to taking her first boxing class where she felt a cathartic release from the problems she faced. Doyle on what specifically changed her perspective on boxing: _10:05 “I wanted to know more about this form that I thought was the dark side. And the more stories I wrote, the children I interviewed, their parents and coaches…I realized what a beautiful thing this sport was in their lives and how it literally transformed their lives…That's how I fell in love with it.” Doyle on the hurdles she had to overcome while training: 13:11 _“When I was competing, we were considered a joke. We were called the free show. We were objectified. We were fetishized. That's just the way it was, but we wanted to be viewed as legitimate athletes. So we worked very hard. And as a female in the boxing gym, for me I had to work twice as hard to earn the respect of those men.” To learn more about Alicia and where to find her book, visit https://aliciadoyle.com/! On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Alicia Doyle.

The title role model carries no age range. Our guest, Miracle Olatunji is a sophomore at Northeastern University, an entrepreneur, and author of "Purpose: How To Live and Lead With Impact." In high school, she founded OpportuniMe, an award-winning organization which connects high school students to summer enrichment opportunities that empower them to explore different careers and to develop their life and leadership skills. She most recently has been honored as one of The Tempest Magazine 's “40 Women To Watch Who Are Changing The World', a Young Global Leadership Scholar, and her work has been featured in Forbes, Thrive Global, Technical.ly, BostInno, The CEO Library, Harvard Business Review , and other publications. This episode Miracle inspires us with her drive to share knowledge and resources to help other women build their networth in honor of female empowerment and push for gender equality. Olatunji on her inspiration for her book, Purpose: How To Live and Lead with Impact: _06:26 "I truly believe that each and every one of us has the potential to do awesome things in this world, and we can leave the world just a little bit better than. It was when we first met it." Olatunji on the questions we should ask ourselves when pursuing personal goals: _15:26 " I think oftentimes we're always thinking about why we can't do something, rather we should think about why we can and (what) potential that we have and instead of focusing on: 'What are my limitations as a woman?' 'What are my limitations as a person of color?' (Instead) how can I overcome that and like be focused on my goals and also like build a community of support around me so that I can achieve those goals faster." -- To keep up with Miracle, make sure to follow her on twitter at:: https://twitter.com/mirolatunji You can check out her book on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/2XZNshI On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Miracle Olatunji.

Diversity and inclusion are not a destination, but rather a journey. Our guest, Ada-Renee Johnson is no stranger to the journey of promoting diversity and inclusion in the corporate world. This episode she tells us about the ever evolving stages of diversity and inclusion initiaives in major companies around the world, and how we still have so much to go to insure equality in the work setting. As the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Business Partner at Google, she collaborates with executives to drive cultural shifts, centering equity and inclusion. After being a part of the Google Team for almost 9 years, we believe this powerhouse of a woman is the best example of a passionate spirit inspiring change in the professional world. Tune in for Ada's insight into what changes we might anticipate from the post-pandemic corporate world and what we may learn from this unexpected experience. Johnson on the evolving nature of diversity and inclusion initiatives: _09:33 "..if we think about this space, the diversity space 10 years ago, there are communities that were not accounted for 10 years ago that we're very much so making sure that we are accounting for them now. We're making sure that LGBTQIA is accounted for. We're making sure that persons with disabilities are accounted for. We're making sure that veterans are recognized and accounted for. It is more than just gender. It is more than just race. It's the intersectionality of all of those." Johnson's question for people feeling pressured by public perception: _21:33 " ..is it that you haven't thought about it because you want to respond to the perceptions of this world or do you want people to respond to you for what you can offer?" -- To keep up with Ada-Renee, make sure to follow her on LinkedIn! www.linkedin.com/in/adarenee/ On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Ada-Renee Johnson.

This week on the See It To Be Podcast we talk the amazing founder of Tola Marketing + Creative and Milkin’ Cookie, Cassandra Shuck. After facing her own experiences with a turbulent household, Cassandra has made it her mission to make sure to provide support for women who have similar trauma. Cassandra is the role model that we all need to remind us of the amazing things that are possible through women working together. Shuck on the realization she had from leveraging her trauma: _11:11 " it was, I can either, you know, close off, shutdown, never date, never get married again, never have a baby and kind of shut off this dream. Or I can dive in to say, okay, well no one was there for me, but I'm going to make damn sure someone's going to be there for every other woman who has this experience. Shuck on listening to your inner voice, especially when it is shouting at you: _12:11 "One of the biggest things that I kind of practice and then preach is if it's screaming to you and if it's talking to you, don't ignore it because it gets louder and louder and louder until you actually have to do something with it." Shuck on what we all learn from traumatic experiences: _15:46 "..that's what trauma does when it takes stuff away from you and when it strips you so far down, you start to realize what's important and what's not. " For more information about Cassandra and her companies, make sure to visit cassandrashuck.com! On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Cassandra Shuck.

This week on See It To Be It, we sit down with Lolis Garcia-Baab, Movement Media Director and Spokesperson at Girl Scouts USA. As the Movement Media Director, she is responsible for planning, directing and managing all the marketing and communications of the council. Lolis has a history of helping young women; prior to joining the Girl Scouts, she helped found the Girls Now! Conference after her daughter was being bullied in school and she couldn't find any adequate resources or assistance to help. The one-day event explores encountering bullying and body image. On this episode she talks with us about the days before she realized she was an "entrepreneur," her experience raising feminist children, and lessons she thinks grown adults still have yet to learn. Garcia-Baas on the superpower all women have: _06:29 "I do think that women have this unique ability to see the world through the prism of what’s good for my family, what good for my community, what’s good for the world." Garcia-Baab on lessons adults can learn from their children: _12:24 "And I think that when you're raising the next generation, you not only have to give them lessons, but you have to internalize those lessons as well and see where they lead you because you're not done when you're 40 you're not done. When you're 50 you're not doing." On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Lolis Garcia-Baab.

This week on the See It To Be It Podcast, we go back to our interview with Meg Gilbert Crofton, the former President of Walt Disney Resorts. She carried all of the responsibility that comes with being the first female president of the world renoun facilities. She shares with us all of the trials and triumphs during her tenure with Walt Disney that make the magic happen in the happiest place on Earth! Her direct responsibilities were for the Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Resort and Disneyland Paris. This involved overseeing a workforce of more than 100,000 cast members at three sites with direct accountability for eight theme parks, 31 hotels and large-scale retail, dining and entertainment properties. In addition to domestic and international operations, she had responsibility for the global lines of business that supported the entire parks and resorts division which included expertise in food and beverage, merchandise, hotel and park operations, entertainment, industrial engineering, safety, security, and facilities asset management. Upon her retirement, she received the highest honor Disney bestows: a dedicated window on Main Street, U.S.A. in the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World Resort celebrating her legacy of mentoring and leadership development. We have so much to learn this spectacular role model! Crofton on how understanding your nature is more valuable than pushing yourself too hard: _04:03 "Anytime we can spend and really understanding our own wiring and staying true to our spirit and our internal sense of what is true North for ourselves as is a important life lesson." Crofton on finding a balance of work and life: _05:01 "It's important to look at your whole life, not just work, and you can't compartmentalize it." On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Meg Gilbert Crofton.

Women in history are more than names and dates, they are stories to be inspired by. This week on See It To Be It, we talk to founder of Gal's Guide to the Galaxy Leah Leach. Gal's Guide opened the first-ever lending-library dedicated to women's history in America. Their mission is to preserve, collect and share women's history. Leach spent months in search for reading material about women in history that was otherwise hidden or obselte. After her and the non-profits tireless fundraising efforts, Gal's Guide was able to open their first location in early March 2020. With enough funding to keep them open for a year, the sky is the limit for this boss lady. Leach on her greatest inspiration for developing the library: _04:44 " I believe in the see it to be it. You've gotta be able to see somebody doing the thing that you want to do to be able to envision it for yourself. And I wasn't taught women's history in school. My daughters, to a certain extent, still are not taught women's history in school." Leach on working hard and never giving up, even when the process is lagging: _13:14 'It went from crickets to, you know, just a whirlwind of cheers and celebration, and I'm like, "there's everybody!" I was wondering where they were. Sometimes it just takes awhile. You got to be in it to win it though. You never know. " For more information about Gals Guide, make sure to visit Galsguide.org! On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Leah Leach.

Sometimes you just need to smash things (especially when it comes to the patriarchy.) Founder of Women Breaking Plates Aria Tru decided to take the fantasy of breaking plates and make an event that gives a safe space for women to feel a sense of release from the pressures they endure on the daily. Aria hopes that through these cathartic activites, women can recognize their inner strength to battle personal issues with anger, sadness, and trauma. Tru on what misconceptions and the goals about the events she hosts: _05:45 " I wondered how it was going to go at first. You know, I thought, is this violent? Are people angry? What is going to happen? But really what I think found is it's elating. It is absolutely energizing, uplifting. We've spent our whole lives trying to keep it together and pull it together and not break anything and be a good girl. And this gives you the opportunity to take this thing you've been going through, that's been holding you back and smash it to pieces. " Tru on the best piece of advice she has received and how it has changed her outlook: _11:20 "I think the thing that I learned that is the most helpful is that everything that we go through, whether it's positive or seemingly negative or seemingly falling apart, everything is in our favor. Everything that's happening constantly (wants) to show you something about yourself or show you where you're not caring about yourself, showing where you're not loving ourselves." For more information about future Women Breaking Plates events make sure to visit their site at https://www.womenbreakingplates.com! On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Aria Tru.

The hardest battle to fight is the one against yourself. Often we find ourselves holding back on pursuing opportunities because of different factors caused by being a perfectionist. Our guest this week suggests the first step towards great experiences is to stop waiting for things to be "perfect." This week on The See It To Be It Podcast, we talk to JP Morgan Chase's Dallas Region Chairwoman and Managing Director Elaine Agather. She shares with us her stories of her professional growth and what she learned along the way towards climbing the company ladder. Agather on perfectionist tendencies she left behind: _07:43 "It's so important not to have to wait for something perfect because it's hard to find perfect. And man, I can't imagine if I hadn't jumped on (those opportunities.)" Agather on the how to handle generational changes technologically and culturally in the workplace: _13:07 " And that is important if you're gonna stay relevant. And if you're gonna stay, you know, connected to your people, you have to listen to them and you have to keep adapting." Agather on the greatest asset you can receive to get better, feedback and criticism: _14:08 "So I think it's really important and I think that's where honestly, women need to make sure they are open to (feedback), and they ask for it. It takes effort and energy for a manager to give you feedback and it's much easier for somebody to just ignore some of the little things or move on. But when you really want to get better and become great, you want those things." For more information on JP Morgan Chase and the Women On The Move Program make sure to visit: www.jpmorganchase.com/wotm On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Elaine Agather.

"Do a good job, and people will notice" is a common piece of advice we get from professionals, but has that ever worked out? This week on See It To Be It, we talk to Managing Director and Head of Women on the Move at JP Morgan Chase, Sam Saperstein. She asks us to go beyond "doing a good job" and pursuing challenges that battle biases in the work enviornment. Saperstein on her experience facing sexism in the work place: _13:12 "That was incredibly frustrating and jarring for me. I had never been in a situation like that before. I hadn't expected that, and so when I came back, I really had to set the core streets that I was back. I was committed. And I was going to need a new job because I was not going to be working for that manager, and it did take some time, but that's exactly what did happen. And I ended up with a great role that I really did enjoy and I think really communicated that it was unacceptable behavior that no boss should ever do that.." Saperstein on how mentors/coaches can help you reach your professional goals: _20:08 " ..Anyone can help you with a certain problem, but it's the sponsor who's really going to pull you off and give you that next opportunity and have your back as you progress in your career. So as you're kind of doing your good work, make sure you are finding those people who can help you." For more information on JP Morgan Chase and the Women On The Move Program make sure to visit: www.jpmorganchase.com/wotm On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into the See It To Be It podcast every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Sam Saperstein.

There are so many women who are blazing new trails and doing incredible work everyday and they deserved to be seen and celebrated. That's mission-critical for Melinda Garvey every single day.  Melinda Garvey is a media force working to shine the spotlight on women who are changing the world every day. Her media empire, On The Dot Woman, along with Austin Woman Magazine are showing women that what they want is possible, it's in reach, and that there's someone with experience doing it, and that they can help you on your path.  It's all about connecting for Melinda, a self-proclaimed "people collector" and she's building new bridges for connection every day.    In this episode, we discuss:  - How important it is to show young women that there are other women working in the places and industries that they aspire to work in and how the See It To Be It Success Summit was created for that purpose.    - Why building your tribe and nurturing those relationships is the most important thing you can put energy into while building your career.   - Lessons she's learned from being a media trailblazer for almost 20 years     Join The Power Body Language Community     Connect with Melinda Garvey - Website - LinkedIN  - Instagram: @onthedotwoman     Connect with Lisa Mitchell & Power Body Language   - Website - LinkedIN - Facebook - Email   Work With Me:  Communications Master Class  Executive Coaching  Corporate Training  Keynote Speaking    Join The Power Body Language Community    Music Credit: Purple Planet